River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-05-19
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.


On May &c. at Holidays Cave, w.
Va, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker and her mother,
Lusella McWha, were found dead in the
house of the former. Their heads were
beaten bv car pin. an AK was lying beside
them Three hundred and fifty dollars be-
longing To Mr. Baker are missing. The
theory at first given was that the murder
was for robbery. Ar. New hs had few
DAYS ago received several thousand dollars,
and he went - Pitgsburg 10 deposit it, His
Soa-in-iaw, Mr.. Baker. also being absent 4
II IS thought some one familiar with the sit
uatioH, hut not knowing that the money 1
was gone, attempted robbery. and being 4
discovered and identified 10y the women, 4
killed them 10 conceal their crime. Mrs /
New a was seventy years old sand he 1
daughter forty. Baker, the husband ha /
been arrested.
\ dispatch from Wellsyille, Ohio. !
says that numerous citizens Of that place
have devised new plan 10 defeat the Dow
Liquor law They have organized several
private clubs 10 encourage drinking. elected
officers. and purchased a large amount OF
liquor They meet at each others houses.
" here they have high Old time. The Pro
hibItunists are greatly excited over the
turn in affairs and are seeking a remedy.
Many prominent citizens belong 20 the clubs
u
al hazards The streets were full OF
druukeu men Saturday nigh:
and several serious fights
occurred. The anti-whiskey people are.
organizing.
At Chicago. Friday night, all build
ing operations under the control Of con
tractors who are members Of the Master
MasOus' and Builder Association were
shut down 50 far as the bricklayers and
stone masous are concerned. It Is esti-
mated that fully l0uG0 w0rkmeu are now
idle IN the building trades of the city, as the
results Of tine strikes or the lockout The
general shut down naUEuruted Is the out
growth Of a series of strikes IN the building
trades. and is IN the nature Of an attempt
by the employers 20 force "A battle with the
worEmen and secure a lasting eace during
the season
The firm of Swan Bros. of Cheyenne
the leading cattle dealers Of Wyoming made
an ass gnment on the 10th, with liabilities
of SLIGO 90, aad assets nOminally the
saul2. The cause for tire assignment is
primarily due To the action Of a Daveu-
port. Iowa bank bringing sult ON note
signed 10y one OF the irm as surety and
this caused direct credi ors 20 press other
claims, none of them past due however.
Tie Swans claim that they will be able TO
paw ~ fall. their invoice of bonds, stocks,
lands and live stock amounting toSl ,,-3tO1.
Fruit growers in the vicinity of Cen
tralia, IL, are very respondent over what
I promises To De the destruction 10y midgets
ofnearIy the balance of the strawberry crop.
/ None # the growers had any previous
knowledge 81 thls midget or Its capacities
/ for depreciation. The growers after exam
/ lining the extent OF the damage done. est
mate X at from 20 10 - per cent Inc
caHker worm and caterpillar are at work
. upon apple trees ~ large number OF or
chards. Apples and cherries VII! NOS yield
over half crop.
The Board Of Trustees of the State
. University, with a view of increasing the
popularity ani strength Of that institution
{ Iu Ohio. are about 10 secure the services Of
x-tresident x. . Hayes Of Fremont, as
President. he viii take charge Of the uni
versity NJ the openlug OF the iaI term IN
September. Nr. Hayes Is q graduate OF
KENYON and Harvard colleges, and Il III
every way admirably qualified Tor the posi-
tlcu 0t President OF the leading Institution
E Of learning IN Ohio The salary IS $500 a
year
The oldest man in Stephenson county,
/ If rot in Illinois. died May 10Th al his home
/ in Oaac0 township Hal he lived until
+ My - VI. Smith yo,iii have been l13
, wears old tie was born In tuiiiort county.
i y C. in lis. I'm ISIS he moved Highland
c0ruty, OHIO, and from there came to Ill
Incl in l~iti. and has resided there ever
siis.-s. lie cnst lis first presidential vote
I for james Madison and his last for Grover
F Cleveland. .is never rode on a railroad
{ train and never ate a meal IN a hotel
+ At Lebanon, \. H.. Aiay 10, the
NEST destructive fire that Northern Ne~-
+ Hampshire has ever known occurred. Il
/ broke ont in Mead. Mason q Co.'S furni-
I ture factory The adjoining buildings, also
I occupied uy Mead, Mason q Co, built Of
I wood. and flied with intiamabie matter,
{ sDutheriy- burning everything IN that dl-
I rCrtiuu- The loss i S-UtVoU, with insurance
+ of 1899.
The trials % TIE Pan Handle freight
train men at Iittsburg. Pa, are bearing
swift fruit. ON Tuesday the jury in the
+ case of ". r. I-avelie, tie Panhandle road
! brakeman on tria! FOR robbing freight ears.
returned a verdict Of guilty. J. {. Dunlap,
7 another of the alleged thieves, was then
called up faF trial Ul.i pleaded guilty. The
I Trial Of john haossT-g was b'Sun-
/ = cyclone swept over i'ige Springs
+ Gage County. Nebraska, friday. All tele
graph wires are down, and only meagre
particulars az band. Several houses We're
lexCled. and a church uHrC0fed- One man.
at least. was fatally injured. and a woman
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
The supreme council Of the Catholic
I Knights Of America concluded It's biennial
! session in Chicago. John d. Coleman. of
+ New Orleans. was elected supreme
president: C. r DBourke. Ft. Wayne,
/ vice president: John Barr, Lebanon, Ky,
secretary; II. j. O'Brien, Chattanooga,
/ treasurer
+ Tie business failures during the last
seven days number Cor the Tn ted States
/ Is. FOR Canaia -. total To-. against ls2 last
week and las the corresponding week last
wear. Failures are decreasing ~ ali parts
+ Of the couE;ry, except perhaps Canada and
/ tie provinces.
/ \ p.an Is on foot Of Lima, o.. TO
organize a producers oil exchange 70 op
+ pose the Standard Oil Company. The
plans have not Vet been perfected, but
many of the leading oil men ia the Lima
fields are interested.
The Ohio Democratic state central
committee has fixed on Cleveland. July 70
and u. as the place and time Of the state
convention